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Surname: EWART
Forename(s): Robert
Place of Birth: Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Service No: 167696
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 196th Siege Battery
Division: ---
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1918-11-06
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VII. D. 3.
CWGC Cemetery: TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SETTLE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert Ewart was the son of William and Janet Ewart, née Maxwell and brother of Gunner James Ewart (34518) (q.v.) and Private William Ewart (3/1529) (q.v.). Their father was born at Eskdalemuir, Dumfreisshire and mother at Stobhill, Gorebridge, Midlothian.
1891 Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire Census: Middleburn Cottage - Robert Ewart, aged 3 months, born Biggar, Lanarkshire, grandson of Robert and Agnes Ewart. [Robert was living there living with his mother, Janet.]
1901 Settle, Yorkshire Census: New Road - Robert Ewart, aged 10 years, born Scotland, son of William and Janet Ewart.
1911 Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire Census: 5, Boston Street - Robert Ewart, aged 20 years, born Eskdalemuir, Dumfries. [Robert was boarding with James Albert and Hannah Elizabeth Lumb.]
Robert was married to Emily Clegg in 1913.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Robert Ewart, 167696, R.G.A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gnr Robert Ewart, 167696, Base Details, R.G.A.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gnr Robert Ewart, 167696, 196 S Bty R.G.A. Date and Place of Death: 6.11.18. 3 Can. Gen. Hos. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Sole Legatee - Emily. £13 14s. 7d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Robert. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Emily, born 1.1.88. Address 1. 115, Oldroyd Place, Bradford Road, Batley. Address 2. 6, Maxwell Avenue, Upper Road, Batley Carr, Batley. Children: William, born 25.9.13. Wilfred, born 5.2.16.
In 1921 Emily and her sons were living with her mother, Emma Clegg, at 6, Maxwell Avenue, Salter Square, Batley.
Robert is commemorated on Batley War Memorial.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Gunner Robert EWART
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Garrison Artillery
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Marriage Register of St Andrew’s Church, Purlwell, Yorkshire
Entry for the marriage of Robert Ewart to Emily Clegg, 12 May 1913
Courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille
CWGC Headstone
Courtesy of Colin Chadwick, Harrogate
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02 November 1917
A FORMER SETTLE POLICEMAN’S SACRIFICE
Deep sympathy will be felt for Police Sergeant and Mrs. Ewart, of Batley, two of whose six sons have been killed at the Front. Their son, Private William Ewart, fell in action in June 1916, and now Gunner James Ewart, R.F.A., has died in France. Of the four other sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ewart still with the forces, Gunner Tom Ewart, R.F.A., is in India recovering from fever contracted in Mesopotamia. He has also seen service in France. Private John Ewart is in France with the K.O.Y.L.I., and Gunner Robert Ewart, R.G.A., and Private Ed. Ewart, Queen’s Yorkshire Dragoons, are in training in England. Police-Sergeant and Mrs. Ewart will be well remembered when the sergeant was a policeman at Settle and lived at the Police Station not many years ago. Most of these soldier sons will be remembered by Settle people.
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02 November 1917
SETTLE
A FORMER SETTLE POLICEMAN’S SACRIFICE – Deep sympathy will be felt for Police Sergeant and Mrs. Ewart, of Batley, two of whose six sons have been killed at the front. Their son, Private William Ewart, fell in action in June, 1916, and now Gunner James Ewart. R.F.A., has died in France. Of the four other sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ewart still with the forces, Gunner Tom Ewart, R.F.A., is in India recovering from fever contracted in Mesopotamia. He has also seen service in France. Private John Ewart is in France with the K.O.Y.L.I., and Gunner Robert Ewart, R.G.A., and Private George Ed. Ewart, Queen’s Yorkshire Dragoons, are in training in England. Police Sergeant and Mrs. Ewart will be well remembered when the sergeant was a policeman at Settle and lived at the Police Station not many years ago. Most of these soldier sons will be remembered by the Settle people.
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